55 Downend Road Downend South Gloucestershire BS16 5UF Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
The erection of a single storey rear extension, which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 6m, for which the maximum height would be 2.94m, and for which the height of the eaves would be 2.86m. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 27 Jul 2026 · Fully Delegated · Last checked 28 Jul 2026
Documents 10
Decision & officer reports 1
Plans & drawings 7
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 1
Site constraints 4
Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
Sales history 3
Last sold for £195,000 in August 2007. Terraced house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in March 2026, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- South Gloucestershire
- Application type
- Prior Notification Householder
- Postcode
- BS16 5UF
- Received
- 2 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 2 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Frenchay And Downend
- Parish
- Downend And Bromley Heath Parish Council
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 12 Aug 2026
- Decision
- Prior Approval Not Required
- Decision date
- 27 Jul 2026
- Decision level
- Fully Delegated
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Davies Architectural Services (393 Nore)
How this decision compares
Decided in 25 days from validation, 27 days faster than South Gloucestershire's median of 52 for extensions. Approved, as 87% of extensions here are.
Plota live figures for extensions decided by South Gloucestershire in the last twelve months, from validation. South Gloucestershire decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-15057305
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-15057305
- Comments by
- 24 Jul 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 12 Aug 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
19 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
South Gloucestershire ranks #178 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. South Gloucestershire is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 83% approved vs 90% nationally.
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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